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Welcome to episode #111 of my podcast (1 hour 15 min), where I’m joined by the incomparable Matthew Miller to discuss the most excellent LG G4, other flagships (including the iPhone 6 Plus), and a bunch of smartwatches (including Pebble Time)! Then stick around to hear about Microsoft’s Nokia writeoff, Apple Music, and Google Photos. Finally, we chat about new and upcoming handsets like the Huawei P8 Lite and the OnePlus 2… So go ahead, jump right in — we’re waiting for you :)﻿

+Myriam Joire yeah, my main driver is the S6 Edge (the gorgeous green version), but I was really looking forward to the OnePlus2... the lack of NFC is a deal breaker for me... . so I'll be eyeing the next (Huawei) Nexus... ﻿

carl pei said the similar about nfc, i believe. both are weak i.m.o. so is the styleswap bs. what an utterly useless thing to spend engineering resources on. the # of pins technicality, et cetera... above my pizza maker pay grade.

my revised theory considering your pin input and semi-support of the theory and my totally layperson's understanding of these things... option to turn off style swap and turn on fast charging AND nfc.

not offering these (at least as options) disallows one from calling OP2 a flagship of any sort. these are standard options of high end phones. any other scenario is ludicrous and i fully expect some oneplus drama right about now, we're long overdue. plus, i want to want the phone. what's the next big thing coming down the pike that they'll want to steal attention from?﻿

Myriam Joire (tnkgrl) was born wearing combat boots and holding a
keyboard; moments later she picked up a soldering iron. She's been
stomping, typing and hacking ever since. After spending years being a
code-monkey in the video game industry, she joined Engadget as Senior
Mobile Editor and later Pebble as Chief Evangelist. Today she advises startups and founders on their media and product strategy, and freelances as a tech journalist for TWiT and other major publications. She's based in San Francisco.

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Tech pundit. Former editor at Engadget. I blog about mobile. I hack stuff. I'm a developer. I'm queer.